Alumni
Current RPI president Martin A. Schmidt graduated from RPI in this year.
What is 1981?
RPI became the first college to grant a degree in civil engineering in this year.
What is 1835?
This Troy Waterfront Farmers Market vendor used to have a location inside of the Rensselaer Student Union.
What is Thunder Mountain Curry?
RPI founder Stephen Van Rensselaer was the brother-in-law of this famous American figure.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This forum-based website is often lauded as the best place to find the most truthful information on a given topic.
What is Reddit?
Reid Weisman received his undergraduate degree in this area of study.
What is computer and systems engineering?
Before its rename in 1961, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was first known as this.
What is Rensselaer School?
Troy, NY once led the nation in the production of these two materials.
What are iron and steel?
This fraternity previously occupied what is now the Fitzroy Admissions Building.
What is Delta Kappa Epsilon?
Use of this standard punctuation mark will likely lead to young people perceiving your tone as angry or aggressive.
What is a period?
In 1893, this alumnus debuted his invention at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
Who is George Ferris?
RPI's student newspaper, The Polytechnic, began continuous publication in this year.
What is 1885?
This Troy pizzeria is a popular choice amongst students due to its late operating hours and close proximity to campus.
What is Big Apple Pizzeria?
This celebrity scientist, best known for his educational television show, was RPI's 1999 commencement speaker.
Who is Bill Nye?
This meme originated from a short video of a boy performing a hand motion alongside a nonsensical quip while attending a basketball game with his friends.
What is 6-7?
This 1844 alumnus with an interest in dietetics introduced his eponymous invention in 1888.
Who is James Salisbury?
In 1945, these two women became the first women to graduate from RPI.
Who are Lois Graham and Mary Ellen Rathbun?
Troy, NY is known as the Collar City because this Troy resident invented the detachable shirt collar in 1827.
Who is Hannah Montague?
RPI's athletics teams were referred to as this from 1953 - 1958, after a mascot was chosen based on a vote held by Student Council.
What are The Bachelors?
This term, which stems from the viral internet practice of "looksmaxxing," means to outshine or outperform others in a particular category.
What is mogging?
This alumna received her master's degree in engineering science from RPI before becoming the first Black woman to manage an assembly plant at General Motors.
Who is Alicia Boler Davis?
Informally know as the "RPI Rule," the NCAA introduced this Division 1 ice hockey-related rule after the Big Red Freakout of 1987.
What is a ban on noise-makers?
This downtown Troy building features an original Tiffany glass window depicting Venetian scholar Aldus Manutius and his associates.
What is Troy Public Library?
This RPI graduating class graduated a semester early due to an accelerated program as the result of a major world event.
What is the class of 1919?
This YouTube animated series turned viral meme blew up in popularity in 2023 and features a human head emerging from a standard household fixture.
What is Skibidi Toilet?